Our next project is “Bikes for Tanzania”. Each bike costs $100.00 and is used by the HIV & Palliative Care teams when visiting clients in the remote areas of Shirati in Tanzania. There are 65 workers but only 10 bikes. This project is overseen by Lloyd and Erla Koch who work there.
Lillian Nicolson invites prayer for Adama, the son of Maminata Coulibaly, coordinator of the literacy program in Burkina Faso. Adama suffered a broken arm and a severe head injury when the bike he was riding collided with a motorcycle. He has been released from the hospital, but is still recovering from his head injury. Lillian and her husband Norm are Mennonite Church Canada workers currently residing in Quebec on a study leave to enhance their literacy work in Burkina Faso.
Thanks to your support of Mennonite Church Canada, short-term resource worker Palmer Becker of Waterloo North Mennonite Church continues to teach Anabaptist theology. In Nov. and Dec. 2011, Palmer taught in China, Vietnam and Thailand. Over 60 participants in Borabu, Thailand attended the first ever inter-Mennonite seminar in that country. One participant said “(this) was a good reminder that we are part of a broader community that shares our beliefs and hopes.”